The Friday Collective is your weekly home for a host of videos, news, and the like that we found entertaining, informative, and downright funny for that particular week. Keep in mind that there are probably tons of stuff that we missed out on (guaranteed), and if you didn’t see something you would’ve liked to, be sure to let us know.

After nearly ten years of gaming coverage, Joystiq is shutting down, and that sucks. It was an incredible resource for news written in vastly different and fun ways by a staff that really cared for their given subject. Ludwig Kietzmann, Editor-in-Chief, posted this final farewell, but, like the title of the piece implies, this isn’t goodbye.

Little is still known about the story of Persona 5, but we now have actual footage of combat, platforming, and stealth(?). It also shows off some of the gameworld in which the already revealed protagonist will explore. We see him walk through a train station and napping in class (which doesn’t end well). That may not sound like much, but it’s enough to get longtime fans ready to pour dozens of hours into the JRPG.

Persona 5 is still slated for a 2015 release in Japan, but there is still no word on when the game will turn up stateside, although it has been confirmed we will see it one day on the PS3 and PS4.

Update: We now have a few more details concerning the upcoming Persona 5 care of Gematsu. The second year high school student with the tousled hair has a Persona named Arsene, in keeping with the burglary theme pervading the game. Unlike the protagonists of the past game, who were basically other people’s problem solvers, this character has his own problems to deal with that, left unchecked, could very well spell doom for him. What brings him to bond with the other two characters featured in the trailer above is the fact that all three of them have lost their homes due to unknown circumstances.

Long-range weapons (i.e. guns) return to add an additional layer to the turn-based combat. Director Katsura Hashino states that the combat has received many changes to “make it feel better to play and enjoy.” Several important dungeons in the game will not be randomly generated in order to display a particular mechanic that would be otherwise impossible to execute. You can see an example of this in the trailer as the protagonist slips behind cover in order to remain hidden from enemies.

And, finally, the anime scenes in the game will be created by Production I.G., the very same company that works on Attack on Titan and Ghost in the Shell, among many others. That’s all we have for now, but be sure to check back periodically because this is one title we will be keeping a close eye on.

Inspired by the Jazz and black-and-white films of the 1930s, and gameplay heavily inspired by the classic Alone in the Dark, White Night is a noir style adventure game set entirely within an ominous mansion. The hero brandishes his inner thoughts as well as an ax in this survival horror game that ditches the modern genre’s trappings of upgradeable weapons and action in favor of a mature plot and tension.

“We wanted to create something that people would enjoy, but also something that would stand out as unusual and refreshing in today’s survival horror landscape,” says Ronan Coiffec, creative director of the game and co-founder of OSome Studio. You can get your hands on White Night when it hits digital storefronts on the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on March 3.

The trailer above may seem a little incoherent, but the vignettes of gameplay Geralt of Rivia will encounter in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt contained in the video will interest fans of the series looking for that new piece of information on which to chew. In a bit of news not revealed in the video is that the PC version of the game will import save files from The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, but the console versions will only simulate previous plot points based on an in-game conversation. It will be through this dialogue that players can relive the previous game’s adventure, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will accommodate your choices.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is still set to release on May 19 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

The Friday Collective is your weekly home for a host of videos, news, and the like that we found entertaining, informative, and downright funny for that particular week. Keep in mind that there are probably tons of stuff that we missed out on (guaranteed), and if you didn’t see something you would’ve liked to, be sure to let us know.

Conan decided to do a special Super Bowl edition of “Clueless Gamer”, and it’s fantastic:

A new game in the recently popular asymmetrical multiplayer genre is in developmen at an unknown studio that will feature a familiar face. The unkillable Jason Voorhees will return to video games after a twenty-six year hiatus with a thirst for the blood of camp counselors. Jason and his victims will all be controlled by human players in a predator/prey multiplayer mode where a group of survivors will have to survive against the horror icon. Sean S. Cunningham, the creator of the first Friday the 13th film, has stated that since a new television series and movie are in the works, it made sense to revisit the series in video game form as well. EGM reports that the game, tentatively titled Friday the 13th, will release on multiple platforms in October of 2015 with more details to come soon.

The Friday Collective is your weekly home for a host of videos, news, and the like that we found entertaining, informative, and downright funny for that particular week. Keep in mind that there are probably tons of stuff that we missed out on (guaranteed), and if you didn’t see something you would’ve liked to, be sure to let us know.